The touchpad is also on the small side, so you might run into the edges often if you're scrolling through long spreadsheets or documents. Get the job done faster and enjoy your free time in style with the Samsung Chromebook 4 and Google Assistant. Besides being easier to carry, it has better battery life, and its low screen quality is less noticeable at the smaller size. On the other hand, the HP's keyboard feels much better to type on, its speakers are better, and it has a better selection of ports.

It's been a nightmare to figure out, but I think I can get by with it for the length of time devices last these days. The charger is also lightweight and compact, meaning you won't have any issues fitting it along with the laptop, even in a small bag. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. There's a fair amount of resistance that gives it superb stability, but as a result, it fails the one-finger lift test. It feels very tough and well put together, with the keyboard deck and back of the display constructed with thin metal, and the display bezels and bottom are made of plastic.The supplied AC adapter plugs into the USB-C port, which means you can't have both the power plug and an external monitor (via DisplayPort adapter) connected at the same time. The Samsung Chromebook 4 is available only with a 720p TN display, which doesn't look very sharp, even at this screen size. The Samsung Chromebook 4 (2019) and the Lenovo 100e Chromebook 2nd Gen (2019) are ultraportable laptops with power-efficient CPUs running Chrome OS.

Its slim body is easy to grip, and the convenient build means you can use it anywhere – on the sofa, in bed or at your desk. General Product Type Chromebook Operating System Google Chrome OS Processor / Chipset CPU Intel Celeron N4000 / 1. It feels well-built and durable, with a decent webcam and microphone for video conferences or online classes. The sleek and compact Samsung Chromebook 4 is a hardworking, hard-wearing device that is designed to help employees in all sorts of businesses work efficiently and effectively. Its narrow color coverage means it isn't suitable for creative professionals working in Adobe RGB, nor for people who want a good HDR experience using the wider DCI P3 or Rec.Unfortunately, the bezels are very thick, which can be distracting when using the laptop to watch videos or movies. The display can be a little wobbly if you type aggressively, but the wobble is fairly minor and shouldn't be an issue for most people.

The battery lasts through two full feature-length films with charge to spare, and since it's very light and portable, it's easy to hold and carry around. With curved edges and a silver hue, the Samsung Chromebook 4 looks a lot like the many MacBook copycats we've seen over the years. On the bright side, because it's fanless and uses a power-efficient CPU, it stays completely silent and doesn't get very hot. If you care about having an accurate image, you'll need to keep the screen facing you directly, which makes it difficult to use the laptop in some situations.Predictably, colors darkened considerably on the Chromebook 4 when we viewed the screen from 30 degrees to the left or right. For our benchmark charts, I stacked up the Samsung Chromebook 4 against three other coat-pocket-size Chromebooks: the Lenovo Chromebook 3 and the 12-inch convertible HP Chromebook x360 12b, which (like the Samsung) have Intel Celeron power, and the Lenovo Chromebook Duet, a 10. However, thanks to the lightweight nature of Chrome OS, booting the system and launching apps still feel fast. The bump in the high-mid range and low treble accentuate human speech, making spoken content sound full and clear.